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Coal has overtaken gas as Britain’s fuel of choice after a steep fall in
prices. Coal plants generated more than a third of the country’s electricity
in the third quarter, more than any other type of plant and representing a
14-year high. In contrast, gas generation was at a 14-year low after falling
by 40 per cent compared with the previous year, according to the Department
of Energy and Climate Change yesterday.

Analysts forecast that coal plants will continue to dominate the energy mix
next year and into 2014 before environmental restrictions and taxes start to
force them off the